Shawnee Mission News

Students, parents and faculty rallied for a metro teacher to keep his job. It was standing room only at Monday's Shawnee Mission School Board meeting.

Johnson County Community College officials want to put the icing on the cake in the schoola s culinary arts program, where students can learn to be chefs.

Longtime Johnson Countian and political activist Larry Winn III , Overland Park, has announced he will seek the 4th District County Commission seat being vacated by Ed Eilert .

Lee's Summit West's Liga Blyholder and Chelsey Phoebus were the top two finisher in the Class 4 girls cross country sectional at Longview Community College Saturday.

Local school districts are operating this year with fewer dollars in their budget, following four rounds of cuts from the state in 2009.

Don Lambert is a historian, an art curator and a member of the Friends of Constitution Hall.

Members of a Kansas church known for their protests are focusing on a Shawnee Mission school.

" Members of the Westboro Church held picket signs outside of Shawnee Mission North High School, while students launched a counter protest across the street.

Ken Bingman, long-time Miami County resident who lives with his wife, Mary, on their farm on the north side of Hillsdale Lake, has been tapped for another hall of fame recognition.

Alexa Posny is joining several other women with Kansas ties in President Obama's administration as she steps down as Kansas education commissioner to become assistant secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Olathe East High School students Kayli Jamison, left, and Dustin Skiles, right, work at a staying on topic game in the school.

Posted: Thursday, 15 October 2009 7:10AM Deer hunt protestors taking case to court?? The "thinning of the herd" at Shawnee Mission Park could end up in court.

Robber carries gun and flowersA man carrying a bouquet of plastic flowers pulled a gun and robbed a bank Thursday morning at 15610 Shawnee Mission Parkway.He left with cash and got into a white van stolen in Kansas City, Shawnee police said.

The Kansas State High School Activities Association announced the new districts for all football classes for the upcoming two-year cycle, which encompasses the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

As of Friday, the median base salary and fringe benefits package for teachers was $36,810 in districts with new teacher contracts, the Kansas Association of School Boards said.

As the CDC prepares to release the H1N1 vaccine shots, Doctors' offices are prioritizing who will get it.

When the deer harvest in Shawnee Mission Park turned into a gigantic controversy , Johnson County Park and Recreation District officials got decidedly tight-lipped with activists and the media about when the hunt will begin.

How much do you love your horse? If you can articulate it in 150 words or less, you might be on your way to an all expenses paid trip to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Kentucky next fall, courtesy of Bayer Animal Health, makers of Legend.

It's shaping up to be one heck of a quad Thursday at Olathe South, who hosts a pair of Sunflower League foes and Blue Valley North beginning at 5 p.m. South took over the top spot in the Kansas Volleyball Association's Kansas 6A rankings after improving to 18-0 last week.

The scene on the cover of this year's Best of Kansas City issue was created by 34-year-old Matt Hawkins.